Patents by Inventor Joe M. Pound

Joe M. Pound has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Automatically-attaching collar clasps
    Patent number: 9832973
    Abstract: The automatically attaching collar clasps are installed in an animal bait station. The bait station has an inlet so that when an animal is positioned in the inlet, a male clasp on one side of the inlet automatically converges with a female clasp on the opposite side to the inlet to create a ratcheting connection and thereby secures a collar around the neck of the targeted animal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 22, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2017
    Assignee: The United States of America, as represented by The Secretary of Agriculture
    Inventors: Joe M. Pound, Kimberly H. Lohmeyer, Gary R. Earl, Randy W. Ryan, Jr., Joseph E. Johnson, Jr.
  • Automatically detachable collar pendant system
    Patent number: 9795114
    Abstract: The automatically detachable collar pendant system is structured so that when the system receives a signal, one end of the collar is released from the rest of the collar body, thereby unfastening the collar and allowing the collar to fall off of a target animal. The “signal” may comprise a magnetic or induction heat signal. In the preferred embodiment, the signal is received (and the collar is unfastened) when the target animal feeds at a specially-equipped bait station.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 22, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2017
    Assignee: The United States of America, as represented by the Secretary of Agriculture
    Inventors: Joe M. Pound, Kimberly H. Lohmeyer, Gary R. Earl, Randy W. Ryan, Jr., Joseph E. Johnson, Jr.
  • AUTOMATICALLY-ATTACHING COLLAR CLASPS
    Publication number: 20160338324
    Abstract: The automatically attaching collar clasps are installed in an animal bait station. The bait station has an inlet so that when an animal is positioned in the inlet, a male clasp on one side of the inlet automatically converges with a female clasp on the opposite side to the inlet to create a ratcheting connection and thereby secures a collar around the neck of the targeted animal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 22, 2015
    Publication date: November 24, 2016
    Inventors: Joe M. Pound, Kimberly H. Lohmeyer, Gary R. Earl, Randy W. Ryan, JR., Joseph E. Johnson, JR.
  • AUTOMATICALLY DETACHABLE COLLAR PENDANT SYSTEM
    Publication number: 20160338318
    Abstract: The automatically detachable collar pendant system is structured so that when the system receives a signal, one end of the collar is released from the rest of the collar body, thereby unfastening the collar and allowing the collar to fall off of a target animal. The “signal” may comprise a magnetic or induction heat signal. In the preferred embodiment, the signal is received (and the collar is unfastened) when the target animal feeds at a specially-equipped bait station.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 22, 2015
    Publication date: November 24, 2016
    Inventors: Joe M. Pound, Kimberly H. Lohmeyer, Gary R. Earl, Randy W. Ryan, JR., Joseph E. Johnson, JR.
  • Automated injection system
    Patent number: 8495972
    Abstract: The injection system provides an automated means to safely inject a target animal. In the preferred embodiment, the automated injection system injects an animal with a radio frequency identification device (RFID). The automated injection system includes a baiting station with multiple sensors that confirm the position of a target animal and initiate the injection process. A controller actively controls the injection process and records the identification data associated with each injected animal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 28, 2010
    Date of Patent: July 30, 2013
    Assignee: The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of Agriculture
    Inventors: Joe M. Pound, Gary R. Earl, Randy W. Ryan, Jr., Gordon K. Shelley